{"id":10961,"date":"2021-04-17T11:01:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T10:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/more-selfesteem.com\/?page_id=10961"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:17:24","slug":"why-is-self-esteem-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/more-selfesteem.com\/more-self-esteem\/building-self-esteem\/what-is-self-esteem\/why-is-self-esteem-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Self-Esteem Important?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Understanding why self esteem is important is a first step to helping yourself improve it. If you can understand its importance to you, then you are more likely to give it top priority and start working on it seriously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After writing about this topic for over 20 years, having a book published, and working with life coaching clients lacking self-esteem, it seems clear to me that it is very important in so many ways. On this page, I’d like to explain why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Leary (1999), self-esteem is important because it contributes to psychological well-being, better relationships, good health, and a positive identity. High self-esteem helps us to approach life positively and set goals. It also helps us become self-motivated, confident, and successful.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most basic task for one’s mental, emotional and social health, which begins in infancy and continues until one dies, is the construction of his\/her positive self-esteem. <\/p>

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However, there is some research, strangely, that seems to contradict the long-held view that self-esteem is important for positive living and success in life (see this article<\/a> by Ziegler-Hill, 2013). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do, however, believe that the overwhelming majority of research carried out by the many experts in this field, together with my own experience, shows that positive self esteem has benefits in many areas of life and affects our attitude and psychology deeply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Self Esteem is So Important! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I suffered from chronic low self esteem for many years beginning at school in my early teens and continuing into my twenties and thirties. During that time I tried strategy after strategy and read a huge number of books about self-confidence and the psychology behind my feelings of self-worth. I eventually helped myself to get past the effects that this disorder was having on my life, and I began to live a happier life after that. Because of this struggle, I now feel that I am an expert in this topic and know that I can help you to build your self esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self esteem is important because it affects how you think about yourself. However, how self esteem affects your<\/em> thoughts and feelings depends on many factors which we will look at in this article. We will also talk about how self esteem affects your confidence and successes in life. It’s much more complex than you might imagine. Everyone is unique, so read on to learn why self esteem is important to you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Importance of Self Esteem?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In an interview I had with Dr. Ingrid Schweiger<\/a>, Psychotherapist for more than 25 years and author of Self esteem for a Lifetime, she explained why she believes self-esteem is so important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my work and my observations, in my personal relationships for the last 30 plus years, I find self-esteem to be the common denominator, in people who are making choices and decisions that they feel good about and happy about. People who are living the life that they want to be living. And on the flip side of the coin, I find people struggling with self-esteem issues. I find that the struggle to be the common denominator in people who are depressed, anxious and people who are making choices and decisions that they’re just not happy with.<\/p>Dr Ingrid Schweiger in an interview with me, Karl Perera in 2009.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is a quick overview of why self-esteem is important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n